Cruz: I didn't want to throw GOP under bus — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said on Wednesday that he did want to throw any of his colleagues under the bus by forcing a 60-vote threshold on a bill to increase the debt ceiling earlier this month. — Cruz said in a CNN interview that he heard …

Ted Cruz assails fellow Republicans senators for ‘trickery’ — Beaumont, Texas (CNN) - Sen. Ted Cruz accused his own Republican leadership of “trickery” in trying to force a “show vote” on raising the debt ceiling last week, warning Republicans will get “clobbered in the polls” for not standing up for principle.

CPAC Welcomes Gay-Rights Groups After Years of Exclusion — Meet the kinder, gentler Conservative Political Action Conference. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, snubbed last year after palling around with President Obama, is coming. So is GOProud, the gay-rights group that was banned …

The Clear Benefits of a Higher Wage — Republicans sputtered with outrage when the Congressional Budget Office said that immigration reform would lower the deficit, strengthen Social Security and speed up economic growth. They called for the office to be abolished when it dared to point …

The Powerlessness of Positive Thinking — Since publishing “The Secret,” in 2006, the Australian author Rhonda Byrne has been writing self-help manifestos based on the idea that people who think positive thoughts are rewarded with happiness, wealth, influence, wisdom, and success.

New Confederate license plate brings skirmishes — Georgia's new license plate commemorating the Sons of the Confederacy features the Confederate battle flag more prominently than in the prior design. The emblem, incorrectly referred to in popular culture as the “Confederate flag,” …

Dems press Holder on secret FBI letters — Two House Democrats are calling on Attorney General Eric Holder to make changes to secret letters that the FBI uses to get information. — In a letter on Wednesday, the lawmakers demanded answers about the FBI's National Security Letters …

Wendy Davis fundraising off Ted Nugent — Texas gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott might be making waves with his Ted Nugent tour this week, but his opponent Wendy Davis is making money. — Specifically, her campaign is seeking to harness the controversial rocker's presence on the trail …

A blue Georgia — Demographic changes are inevitably driving Texas and Arizona into purple — and eventually blue — territory. The growth of the Latino population is poised to overwhelm predominantly conservative white voters in both states, absent a genuine and successful rebranding by the Republican Party.

Joe Biden: Obamacare enrollment may miss mark — MINNEAPOLIS — Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that it would be a good start for the federal health care law if 5 million to 6 million people sign up by the end of March, an acknowledgement that enrollments might fall significantly short …

Law and Politics — I first read about Robert A. Dahl's death earlier this month in the Yale Daily News. Why would the editors of a student newspaper publish a Page 1 obituary of a 98-year-old political science professor who had retired from teaching well before any of today's undergraduates were born?

State to buy tinfoil hats to combat Common Core — JEFFERSON CITY - The House Appropriations - Education Committee cut deeply today into Gov. Jay Nixon's proposals for public schools and higher education, slashing his planned increases by more than $200 million.

Exclusive: Mega-donors plan GOP war council — Sources say the genesis for the American Opportunity Alliance can be traced to a late September meeting in New York City. That gathering, which drew roughly 20 major donors whose views spanned the GOP political spectrum, was organized by Singer, Ricketts and energy executive Joe Craft.

19F - The Night Venezuela Finally Imploded — Tonight, Venezuela is seeing a spasm of violence that's unlike anything the country has experienced since 1989. Information is fragmented, since an almost complete media black-out is in place, but you don't need the media to hear your neighbor's screams.

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